Traveler for spinning-rings



. Dec. 22, 1936. w. T. MUNSON TRAVELER FOR SPINNING RINGS Filed Dec. 6, 1935 I INVENTOR.

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"51 MA 91 6 QRNEYS Patented Dec. 22, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TRAVELER FOR SPINNING-RINGS Application December 6, 1935, Serial No. 53,234

Claims.

This invention relates to an improvement in travelers for spinning rings.

Travelers have been constructed in various forms, a common construction being perfectly 5 straight with legs extending from the ends of the central portion parallel with each other, and feet extending in opposite directions in continuations of the lower ends of the legs, all in a single plane.

As a modification of this form of construction, the feet (sometimes termed arms) have been disposed at an obtuse angle to a plane common to both legs.

Other forms of construction have consisted 15 in making a bend at an obtuse angle in the center of the bar, and an obtuse bend between the central bend and the point of juncture between the bar and legs.

This present invention seeks to attain the 20 required object of this type of traveler while being in simpler and more efficient shape both for initial manufacture and use.

To this end my invention consists in a central bar, legs and feet or arms formed at the ends of 25 the bar and extended at right-angles or perpendicular to a plane common to both legs, or in other words parallel with each other, and these arms and legs are designed to enter and traverse the customary annular channel formed in the spinning-ring, or between a central upturned flange of the holder and the inner edge of the ring, with the desideratum in view of guiding the thread effectively and traveling easily and with a minimum of friction in the channel without danger of accidentally flying out of that channel.

Several forms are illustrated in the drawing, and will be hereinafter briefly described.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a pla v w;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view of one form of traveler;

Fig. 4 is a view in front elevation of the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 6 is an end view; and

Figs. '7, 8, and 9 show slightly modified forms of traveler.

The numeral I indicates the usual holder having an upstanding annular flange 2 flanking a central opening 3 through the holder; and 4, is the spinning-ring rigidly secured to the holder and held a uniform distance from the flange 2 to provide an annular channel 5 which constitutes the runway for the traveler.

The numeral 6 represents the traveler which is composed of a central bar I distinctly curved at opposite ends 8, where it merges into the ends 9, which are disposed at right-angles to the central bar I, and consequently parallel with each other, as very clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4.

In this way, the central bar I and ends 9 are in the same plane. At the ends 9, the legs I II are are formed. These legs are preferably approximately at right-angles to the ends 9 and termi nate in the rounded upwardly turned legs or arms I I which are disposed parallel with each other, as viewed in Figs. 1, 4, and 5, and at rightangles to the central bar I.

These legs I enter the annular channel 5, and the feet or arms traverse the lower surface of the ring 4 as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the ends 9 normally resting by their own weight on the upper edge of the flange 2 of the holder, as shown in Fig. 2. The feet or arms II are of sufficient length and extend sufiiciently far from the legs ID to easily span the width of the channel 5 and engage the lower surface of the ring 4 far enough from the channel 5 to insure against the accidental escape or displacement of the traveler from the channel.

The thread is fed through the space-I2 between the bar I and the flange 2 to the bobbin in the usual manner.

In Fig. 7, the central bar la is in the form of a general curve or bow, and the ends are rounded as shown at 8 in Figs. 1, and 3 to 6 inclusive.

In Fig. 8, the central bar 1b is straight, and in Fig. 9 the central bar 10 is straight, but the ends 102 are disposed at an obtuse angle, and from their ends the legs are bent downwardly as previously described, and finally terminate in the feet or arms Ild extending parallel with each other, and at right-angles to the central bar 10.

In this way, a very simple and efficient traveler is formed, which guides and moves around with the winding of the thread upon the spindle in response to the travel of the thread in the usual manner with the turning of the bobbin or cock.

I claim:

1. A bar traveler including a central portion, ends extending at right-angles to the central portion, legs parallel with each other and at an angle to the ends, feet extending from the lower ends of the legs and in planes parallel with each other and at right-angles to a plane common to both legs.

2. A bar traveler including a central portion, ends in the same plane, legs extending at an angle to and perpendicular with the ends and parallel to each other, and terminating in feet disposed at a right-angle to a plane common to both legs or parallel with each other.

3. A bar traveler including a curved center, curves formed at the ends, legs disposed in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the center and ends, and terminating in feet which extend parallel to each other and perpendicular to a plane common to both legs.

4. A bar traveler including a straight central portion, ends disposed at an obtuse angle there- 15 to and lying in a plane with the center portion,

legs extending at an angle to said ends and in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the central portion and ends and terminating in feet disposed parallel to each other and perpendicular to a plane common to both'legs.

5. A bar traveler including a central portion having ends extending out of alignment therewith and terminating in legs extending parallel with each other and in a vertical plane approximately perpendicular to the plane of the central portion and its ends, the legs terminating in feet disposed parallel to each other and in planes perpendicular to a plane through the center and ends. 1

WILLARD T. MUNSON. 

